Etiket: Aesop fables

THE DONKEY AND THE LAPDOG Let’s not force our talent, As nothing would be performed gracefully: Never has a dolt, no matter how much he tries, Could ever be taken

The wolf and the crane A Wolf had been feasting too greedily, and a bone had stuck crosswise in his throat. He could get it neither up nor

The Hare and the Tortoise Once there was a Hare who used to laugh scornfully at a Tortoise because he plodded along so slowly. “You never can get

The Woodman and the Serpent One wintry day a Woodman was tramping home from his work when he saw something black lying on the snow.  When he came

The Wolf and the Kid A KID standing on the roof of a house, out of harm’s way, saw a Wolf passing by and immediately began to taunt